A Good Starting Point
A Good Starting Point
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Since I graduated from engineering school six years ago (BS in Mechanical/Manufacturing) I have spent my time doing project engineer work. I took a job with a small company that makes babbitted bearings a few months ago where I am the sole degreed engineer. The company is not ISO certified and the record keeping/procedures in place here are very inefficient. One of the duties I have taken on is to basically establish and engineering department (plans are to hire a couple more in the coming year). There are so many areas that need improvement, from better shop routings, to better manufacturing drawings, to actually writing a quality manual and departmental guidelines. Any suggestions as to which area I should be tackling first?





RE: A Good Starting Point
After that large task is complete, I would move onto procedures or work instructions for the shop floor on how to manufacture/purchase your components, how they are inspected/received and approved, what is done with non-conforming items, ect.
Then I would try to tackle the office proceedures. Document as you go, and soon you will have a collection of memos and emails that you will be able to rely on to create a quality manual.
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RE: A Good Starting Point